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What doctrine adopted by the supreme court allowed application of the bill of rights to the states?

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The Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause has been used to apply the Bill of Rights (the first ten Amendments to the Constitution) to the States, under the doctrine of "selective incorporation."

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